Conversation Piece
aka Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
Screened in May 2012
Director: Luchino Visconti. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Patrizi, Elvira Cortese. Screenplay: Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Enrico Medioli, and Luchino Visconti (based on a story by Enrico Medioli).
Twitter Capsule: Social rigor mortis as handsome as you expect from Visconti. But actors, rhythm, and "ideas" are all too stiff.

Photo © 1974 Rusconi Film/Gaumont International
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C+


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